Day 1
Depart Gili Trawangan at 5:00pm for overnight sailing to Moyo Island National Marine Park. Arrive early morning ready for your first day of relaxing diving on a unique reef system.
Day 2
Moyo and Satonda Island. Dive Haji Reef and Panjan Barat in Moyo, two easy warm-up dives then off to Satonda Harbour for dive 3, home to Indian ocean walkman, cuttlefish, nudibranch and pipefish, macro heaven! A quick visit to the volcanic lake followed by dinner as we watch the thousands of bats leave the island in search of food at sunset. 7:00pm depart for Sangeang Island.
Day 3
Sangeang and Banta Islands. Arrive early morning for first dive on Sangeang's "Black Magic". Sangeang is an active volcano giving extraordinary life due to black sand and minerals, then onto Banta Island for dive 2 on Banta Wall. Some regard this as the best coral wall they have ever seen, dropping down to 60m and attracting many big fish and pelagics, grey sharks, manta, marble rays and barracuda. Third dive of the day on GPS GL, a rare and special place kept quiet by those who know about it.
Day 4
Gili Lawa Laut and Komodo. Before breakfast, dive Krystal Bommy. This site offers amazing soft coral, sharks, turtles, a kaleidoscope of reef fish and pelagics. Dive 2 is on the world famous Batu Bolong. Drop down a split in the pinnacle and come out at 30m, all types of life exist here which is brought in by strong currents around this site. The Komodo dragon tour will take place in the afternoon. These magnificent creatures are indigenous to the island, so take your camera! Night dive the legendary Pink Beach, an 18 meter wall 50 meters long will keep you enchanted for hours.
Day 5:
Batu Tiga is for the more experienced diver, a turbo-charged drift before cutting back behind a wall to examine the grouper, snapper, sweetlips and much more. Dive 2 is Middle Island, amazing rock formations and home to octopus, batfish, napoleon wrasse, unique flatworms and starfish. After a walk on the beach, dive 3 is the Cauldron, hang on in a current at 8m with manta circling above, huge schools of trevally, snapper, fusilier and sweetlips overpopulate the trench in this adrenaline-packed dive!
Day 6
Tatawa Islands - experience the diversity of Tatawa Kecil and Tatawa Besar. Sweetlips, snapper, napoleon wrasse, manta and swim-throughs making this a breathtaking topography dive. After lunch, snorkel or drift dive Manta GPS, a manta ray cleaning station, a.k.a The Airstrip.
Day 7
Dive Castle Rock at sunrise, dolphins, sharks, tuna, and a swirling vortex of fusiliers hunted by giant trevally. This dive must not be missed before heading reluctantly west. Batu Monco is dive 2, a.k.a. Komodo Express! Play around on this exhilarating drift dive. Your last dive in Komodo National Park is the famous GPS point! At 3:00pm, we set sail for Gili Trawangan - enjoy the sunset while discussing the week's amazing diving.
Day 8
A day relaxing aboard Ikan Biru, arriving Gili Trawangan at approximately 8:00pm.
